来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：现代早期英国社会第2集第2集》

well, that's the opening paragraph of the Homily on obedience;

这是《论顺从》的开卷语
the Homily on Obedience, published for the first time

论顺从第一版
in the 1540s and another neat statement

在十六世纪四十年代发行还有另外对
of Tudor perceptions of the social order

都铎秩序观念的声明
and its emphasis on hierarchy and degree;

强调了等级制度和地位
order, the word echoing through that opening paragraph.

秩序这个词贯穿了整个开篇语
Well, put Dudley and the Homily on Obedience together

把达德利和论顺从结合在一起看
and you've got a world which certainly

你就会发现他们的世界
had certain communitarian ideals, the commonwealth,

带有一定的共产主义色彩即联邦
but one in which it was also assumed that those ideals

但其中也暗示着这些共产主义的理念
were best served by maintaining a sort of graduated ladder

在保有每个社会阶层的
of authority and subordination

权威和附属关系的阶梯前提下